QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

VICTIM

TIME & LOCATION

AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, 78752

Thursday, June 19th at 8:15 p.m.

ABOUT THE EVENT

aGLIFF, Austin’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with AFS Cinema present VICTIM as part of AFS Cinema’s QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND monthly screening series curated by Elizabeth Purchell from the popular podcast Ask Any Buddy. Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles.

ABOUT THE FILM

VICTIM | CANADA| 1992 | 1 hr 22 mins

Director: Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman

In the 1950s, lesbian pulp novels dared to illuminate forbidden worlds, igniting a bold underground culture filled with secret codes and rituals. FORBIDDEN LOVE brings this bold era to life with personal stories, scripted drama, and timeless hits, celebrating defiance and triumph over repression with wit and warmth.

Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.

QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

From Austin Film Society

Archivist and historian Elizabeth Purchell (of Ask Any Buddy) explores the history of queer cinema and its many groundbreaking pioneers in this refreshing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of queer representation on screen.

THANKS TO THE PRESENTING PARTNER: